The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ

Name: The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ
Author: Solomon Stoddard

The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Philippians]The safety of appearing at the day of judgement, in the righteousness of Christ: opened and applied. By Solomon Stoddard Pastor to the church of North-Hampton in New-England. ; [Nine lines from Phillipians]

Solomon Stoddard 1643–1729Boston: printed by Samuel Green for Samuel Phillips, 1687

[10], 351 [i.e., 353], [5] p. ; 15 cm. (8vo) · 106k words · Evans 434 · Wing S5709

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The Safety of Appearing in the Righteousness of Jesus Christ. › Chapter 10

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4. The conditional offer of the gospel is made to you how hard soever your heart is: you are called▪ and if you will accept you shall be saved: God rejects none that come to him by Christ: do you accept the gospel and God will never object your hard-heartedness against you: he never turned any away, because their hearts were hard: come to him and he will give you pardon, and a soft heart too.

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Objection 6.

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I am afraid I have committed that sin for which there is no Sacrifice: it is said, if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth ⟨p. 299⟩no more Sacrifice for sin, Heb. 10.26. and I am afraid it is so with me, for I have had great enlightenings, and since I have been enlightened; I have been guilty of a great deal of rebellion against God, and have felt the workings of enmity to God in my heart, and if so it is a vain thing for me to come to Christ, he was not sacrificed for such:

I am afraid I have committed that sin for which there is no Sacrifice: it is said, if we sin wilfully, after we have received the knowledg of the truth, there remaineth ⟨p. 299⟩no more Sacrifice for sin, Heb. 10.26. and I am afraid it is so with me, for I have had great enlightnings, and since I have been enlightned; I have been guilty of a great deal of rebellion against God, and have felt the workings of enmity to God in my heart, and if so it is a vain thing for me to come to Christ, he was not sacrificed for such:

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